1 . 从方框中选择合适的短语并用其适当形式填空，其中有两项多余。

1. Jim ______ his anger and avoided a fight.
2. Bill was born in Canada but ______ in America.
3. Running a company calls for int elligence ,pat ience and a lot of experience. ______, it ’ s not an easy t hing .
4. We are all surprised t hat he ______ in the last few years.
5. 400 people a year die of t his disease ______ .

2 . The bus        the heavy snow and we had to walk the rest of the way.

A．stuck in

B．stuck to

C．was stuck to

D．was stuck in

3 . The truck ran down the hill, and the driver ______, according to the local newspaper, to have been killed.

A．was reported

B．was reporting

C．reported

D．had been reported